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Pilar car dealership owners re-arrested for luxury vehicle fraud

Authorities in Argentina have re-arrested Carlos Alberto González and Cynthia Chamoles, owners of Autos Pilar Premium, following an investigation into a luxury vehicle fraud scheme. The couple is accused of participating in a criminal association that defrauded at least 47 clients, including Deputy Manuel Quintar and Joaquín Pichot, by taking payments for high-end vehicles that were never delivered or by misappropriating vehicles left for consignment.

Other regional crime reports include the arrest of a Newell’s youth midfielder, Pablo Altamirano, for illegal possession of a firearm in Rosario, and a major investigation in Chaco involving a multi-million peso scam targeting retirees via cybercrime. Additionally, police in Paraguay dismantled a ring of thieves who stole 249 notebooks from a shipment near Silvio Pettirossi International Airport.

In other incidents, a drug trafficking ring was dismantled in Chile, transporting substances from Bolivia via human couriers, and a man in Spain was intercepted driving a dangerous goods truck while intoxicated.

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Andrés Quintana · Autos Pilar Premium · Carlos Alberto González · Chaco Police · Cynthia Chamoles · Fiscal Team No. 4 · Joaquín Pichot · Manuel Quintar · Pilar · Sáenz Peña

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